Complete
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2023, Final, Mohali, Nov 6th, 2023

Punjab

(19.6 ov) 223/4

Baroda

(19.6 ov) 203/7

Complete Punjab won by 20 runs

Player of Match: Anmolpreet Singh

PUN 223/4 (19.6)

BRD 203/7 (19.6) CRR: 10.15

Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
0
1
0
0
0
6
3
0
1
200
Last Wicket: Vishnu Solanki c Ramandeep Singh b Harpreet Brar 28(11) - 197/7 in 19.3 ov.
Bowler
0
M
R
W
ECO
4
0
23
4
5.75
4
0
35
1
8.75
Recent: ... W Wd W 1 1 W Wd 0 | 0 2 W 6 0 0 Overs: 19.6
The trophy is presented to Mandeep as fireworks goes off in the background. The team comes together to celebrate. A big moment as Punjab after four final losses have won the trophy for the first time. Mandeep and Co. are all smiles. That's the end our coverage of this SMAT final. Hope you enjoyed it. We had fun bringing it to you. On that note we wind up our coverage. But still plenty of cricket on the platform. Do check it out. Till next time, it's bye bye from all of us here. Take care and be well!
Mandeep Singh | Punjab captain: It's like a dream come true. Always been dreaming to play for India and win a trophy for Punjab. Now have done it. Long journey and special thanks to the association who initiated the Sher-e-Punjab campaign which was a big help. Big credit to the coach who is the backbone of our team He has instilled dedication and a lot of values in our team. [on the drop catches] Little pressure as well, the lights here as well which gets tough but still...
Abhishek Sharma | Player of the Series (485 runs and 2 wickets): Pretty happy with the performances. Especially with the team's performances. From day 1 we have dreamt about this. The bunch of the guys we are having, we have been playing last 3-4 years, it's high time we achieved something. We dreamt about getting this trophy and we got it. I'm really happy.
Anmolpreet Singh | Player of the Match: I tried to play positively as the wicket was good. We lost a couple of wickets early, we had to play to the situation, we backed ourselves.
Krunal Pandya | Baroda captain: Proud of the boys, how they turned up in the 2nd innings. We did not give up. Entire tournament we have played like that, the result was not in our favour in the final. Yes 100%, massive difference chasing 200 and 224, those 24 runs is extra pressure as a batter, chasing 200, we know we can take a couple of balls and go about it. We are a young team. we are learning. We are into our 23s and 24s, it's a process of getting better but the goal is still to win a BCCI trophy.
20:11 Local Time, 14:41 GMT, 20:11 IST: Punjab hang on to win a close game. The 19th over from Arshdeep the turning point. He took three wickets and ensured his side won. Chasing 224, Baroda were kept in the hunt by Ninad Rathva and Abhimanyu Singh who kept up with the asking rate. The early onslaught by Rathva was cut short before his fifty but Abhimanyu and Krunal kept going and were helped by sloppy Punjab's fielding effort which saw them drop four catches. It looked like that will cost them as heavy dew made the bowlers' job difficult as well. But Arshdeep turned it all around in one over when 33 were needed off 12 balls. Punjab win the SMAT for the first time after losing the final four times before. Stay tuned for the post-match stuff...
19.6
Harpreet Brar to Dhruv Patel, no run
19.5
Harpreet Brar to Dhruv Patel, no run
19.4
Harpreet Brar to Dhruv Patel, SIX, to long-off
Dhruv Patel, right handed bat, comes to the crease
19.3
Harpreet Brar to Vishnu Solanki, out Caught by Ramandeep Singh !! Vishnu Solanki c Ramandeep Singh b Harpreet Brar 28(11) [4s-3 6s-2]
Harpreet Brar to Vishnu Solanki, THATS OUT!! Caught!!
27 off 4. Just legal balls will win it for Punjab.
19.2
Harpreet Brar to Vishnu Solanki, 2 runs, straight down the ground
19.1
Harpreet Brar to Vishnu Solanki, no run, the off-side field is up. Four in the ring. Harpreet Brar fires in the yorker on the pads, outside the leg-stump, Vishnu Solanki swings and misses, off the pad to backward point